The Colorado Highway Patrol shut down U.S. 50 on Tuesday, May 31, 2011 after two unrelated motorcycle accidents within one-half mile of each other. The first accident occurred at 3:10 p.m. at Mile Marker 254 when a big horn sheep collided with the side of Marvin Phillips’ Harley Davidson as he was travelling east. Phillips,… read more
Jeff and Cindy Burnett of Lyndon, Kansas were driving on the South Lawrence Trafficway when, a piece of metal debris crashed through the windshield killing Cindy. Jeff Burnett was not injured in the accident. The Burnetts were on their way to visit their son when a piece of metal flew off the flatbed trailer of… read more
The fatal crash occurred between the hours of midnight and 2:00 a.m. Tuesday morning, but the wreckage was not discovered until several hours later. Twenty-one year-old Brandon Dellinger, the driver, and 21-year-old Richard Dillingham, the front seat passenger, were both killed in the crash. Twenty-year-old Aaron Parker, the back seat passenger, retained serious injuries and… read more
A Colorado Springs woman survived a motorcycle crash with nothing more than a slight concussion. Kriston Bettes, 46, was riding westbound on CR 11 at about 1:45 p.m. Sunday, May 30, 2011. Bettes, who was riding without a helmet, failed to make the turn five miles east of the intersection of CR 9 and CR11… read more
Soldiers with traumatic brain injuries, TBI, post-traumatic stress and other combat injuries gathered in Colorado Springs on for the 2nd annual Warrior Games, from May 16 to May 21. The Warrior Games are an Olympic-based sports competition with a range of events including track and field, basketball and marksmanship. The Warrior Games provide a way… read more
The Colorado Springs police are searching for car involved in fatal hit-and-run motorcycle accident. Spc. Christopher Wheeler, 19, of Boston, MA died on Friday, May 29, 2011 when his motorcycle collided with a car. Wheeler and a soldier on another motorcycle were traveling in north Colorado Springs at approximately 10 p.m. At the intersection of… read more
District Attorney Jim Wilson was driving his Harley Davidson westbound on I-70 at approximately 7:55 a.m. on May 22, 2010 when he lost control of his motorcycle for unknown reasons while entering a right-hand turn. Wilson went over a guardrail and his body rolled down an embankment before coming to a rest near the eastbound… read more
Heidi Montag, former star of “The Hills,” underwent 10 cosmetic procedures in November of 2009, including brow lifts, a chin reduction and a breast augmentation revision. The surgeries were performed by Dr. Frank Ryan, who died in a car accident in August, 2010. In December, 2010, Heidi revealed the scarring form her surgery to “Life… read more
Joe Lumbar, a 21-year-old University of Denver student, had a fatal skiing accident at Copper Mountain Resort in Colorado. He was skiing above the tree line on Schaefer’s ski run with friends when the accident occurred. Copper Mountain Resort labels this run as a double diamond, extreme terrain run, defined by the resort as follows: … read more
Andrew Schlichtemeier, 22, has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for killing four bikers when he swerved into oncoming traffic on Interstate 29 near a construction area and crushed them with his pick-up truck. The four motorcyclists were friends returning home from the 70th Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, South Dakota. Schlichtemeier admitted… read more
